Choices in Breast Cancer Treatment

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth D. Miller, M.D., a practicing medical oncologist, is an assistant professor of medicine and oncology at the Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine. He serves as the director of the Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic and of the Supportive Care Program at Yale Cancer Center. Klappentext A diagnosis of breast cancer can be overwhelming. The disease is frightening and the medical landscape confusing. In the wake of fear and confusion comes the need to make decisions about treatment. This book provides women with medically reliable and up-to-date information to help them with these decisions. Within these pages is a team of private consultants--including surgeons, medical oncologists, radiologists, plastic surgeons, and women who have faced breast cancer--each of whom offers sound advice and valuable insight. In addition to describing surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and breast reconstruction, the medical experts clarify choices and offer support, while breast cancer survivors tell their own stories of pain, perseverance, and triumph. Choices in Breast Cancer Treatment is a rare blend of medical expertise and compelling personal accounts that empowers those with breast cancer to meet the disease with confidence, knowledge, and hope. Zusammenfassung Choices in Breast Cancer Treatment is a rare blend of medical expertise and compelling personal accounts that empowers those with breast cancer to meet the disease with confidence! knowledge! and hope.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Kenneth D. Miller (Herausgeber), Kenneth D Miller (Herausgeber), Miller Kenneth D. (Herausgeber)
• Autoren: Kenneth D. Miller
• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Sprachen: Englisch
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.03.2008
• Thema: Ratgeber > Gesundheit
• EAN: 9780801886850
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8685-0
• Anzahl Seiten: 416
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 15 x 22.8 x 2.5 cm
• Serie: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book; Johns Hopkins Press Health Book; Johns Hopkins Press Health Book; A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
• Themen: Frauengesundheit, Medizin, allgemein, HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Cancer, Diet / Health / Fitness, Oncology, MEDICAL / Oncology / General